Remote Configuration of a Hardware Setting on One or More Target Computing Device(s)

1. A method comprising: registering at least one target computing device with a request processing module of a server computing device and an application executing on a client computing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device; initiating, through the application executing on the client computing device, a request to configure a hardware setting on the at least one target computing device based on a communication mechanism; processing, through the request processing module, the request to generate a validated message related to the hardware setting configuration and to extract information related to a first identifier of the at least one target computing device, a second identifier of a hardware of the at least one target computing device to which the hardware setting is to be applied, and a third identifier of the hardware setting; redirecting, through the request processing module, the validated message to the at least one target computing device along with the extracted information; and interpreting, through another application executing on the at least one target computing device, the received validated message and the extracted information to enable application of the hardware setting to the hardware of the at least one target computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hardware is at least one of a graphics processor and a display unit of the at least one target computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication mechanism is one of a text message, an e-mail and a web application.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising initiating the request to configure the hardware setting on the at least one target computing device from a location remote to that of the server computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: polling, through the request processing module, the server computing device for new requests; and reading, through the request processing module, the request initiated through the application from a memory of the client computing device.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the communication mechanism is e-mail, the method further comprises: interacting with an e-mail client on the client computing device through a plug-in executing thereon to generate an e-mail; reading the e-mail through the request processing module of the server computing device; and converting, through the request processing module, the e-mail into a format compatible for transmission to the at least one target computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of: the server computing device and the at least one target computing device are communicatively coupled to each other through a communication network, and the client computing device and the server computing device are communicatively coupled to each other through another communication network.

8. A server computing device comprising: a memory including instructions associated with a request processing module stored therein; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to address storage locations of the memory to execute the request processing module thereon, the processor further being configured to execute instructions to: enable registration of at least one target computing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device with the request processing module, receive, from a client computing device also communicatively coupled to the server computing device, a request to configure a hardware setting on at least one target computing device based on a communication mechanism, the at least one target computing device also being registered with an application executing on the client computing device configured to enable initiation of the request, process, through the request processing module, the received request to generate a validated message related to the hardware setting configuration and to extract information related to a first identifier of the at least one target computing device, a second identifier of a hardware of the at least one target computing device to which the hardware setting is to be applied, and a third identifier of the hardware setting, and redirect the validated message to the at least one target computing device along with the extracted information to enable interpretation of the validated message and the extracted information at the at least one target computing device in order to apply the hardware setting to the hardware.

9. The server computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions to extract information related to the second identifier of at least one of a graphics processor and a display unit of the at least one target computing device.

10. The server computing device of claim 8 , wherein the communication mechanism is one of a text message, an e-mail and a web application.

11. The server computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions to: poll, through the request processing module, the server computing device for new requests, and read, through the request processing module, the request initiated through the application executing on the client computing device from a memory of the client computing device.

12. The server computing device of claim 10 , wherein when the communication mechanism is e-mail, the processor is configured to execute instructions to: convert, through the request processing module, an e-mail received from the client computing device into a format compatible for transmission to the at least one target computing device.

13. The server computing device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to redirect the validated message to the at least one target computing device along with the extracted information through a communication network.

14. A communication system comprising: a server computing device configured to execute a request processing module thereon; a client computing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device and configured to execute an application thereon; and at least one target computing device also communicatively coupled to the server computing device and configured to execute another application thereon, the at least one target computing device being configured to be registered with the application executing on the client computing device, and the server computing device further being configured to: enable registration of the at least one target computing device with the request processing module, receive, through the request processing module, a request initiated through the application executing on the client computing device to configure a hardware setting on the at least one target computing device based on a communication mechanism, process, through the request processing module, the received request to generate a validated message related to the hardware setting configuration and to extract information related to a first identifier of the at least one target computing device, a second identifier of a hardware of the at least one target computing device to which the hardware setting is to be applied, and a third identifier of the hardware setting, and redirect the validated message to the at least one target computing device along with the extracted information, wherein the at least one target computing device is configured to interpret, through the another application executing thereon, the received validated message and the extracted information to enable application of the hardware setting to the hardware thereof.

15. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein the hardware is at least one of a graphics processor and a display unit of the at least one target computing device.

16. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein the communication mechanism is one of a text message, an e-mail and a web application.

17. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein the client computing device is at a location remote from that of the server computing device.

18. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein the request processing module is configured to: poll the server computing device for new requests, and read the request initiated through the application executing on the client computing device from a memory of the client computing device.

19. The communication system of claim 16 , wherein when the communication mechanism is e-mail, the request processing module is configured to: convert an e-mail received from the client computing device into a format compatible for transmission to the at least one target computing device.

20. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein at least one of: the server computing device and the at least one target computing device are communicatively coupled to each other through a communication network, and the server computing device and the client computing device are communicatively coupled to each other through another communication network.